Furkan Cakmak, PhD

Welcome to my personal website. My name is Furkan Cakmak. I am a political scientist. My research agenda focuses on the dynamics of political behavior, with a specific emphasis on the intersection of political psychology, communication, and computational social science in the context of American politics. Over the course of my academic career, I have developed a strong theoretical foundation and a diverse set of computational and methodological tools to explore key questions related to political advertising, affective polarization, media choice, and the emotional underpinnings of political behavior.

Beyond academia, I am also active in community engagement. To that extent, I run a YouTube channel called AmerikArti where I discuss U.S. politics for the Turkish audience.

I recently served as the Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Social Science at Wesleyan University, working under Wesleyan Media Project and collaborate with the Quantitative Analysis Center.

I earned my PhD and MA in Political Science from Washington State University and BA in Political Science and International Relations from Bogazici University.

You may find my Google Scholar profile here and download a copy of my curriculum vitae here.